IFALPA Daily News – 4 September 2013
Dear Colleagues,
The IFALPA Daily News is now available online.
Here are today’s top headlines. To read more, click on the title:
Airline pilots engaged on issue of unmanned aircraft
Two years out from the September 2015 deadline the U.S. Congress established to introduce
unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) into the nation’s airspace system, airline pilots are engaged in
the process of developing standards and practices that UAS operators will follow.
FAA, NTSB, airlines at odds over release of information in airline incidents
Recent airline accidents and incidents such as the Southwest Airlines 737 that apparently landed
nose-first at New York’s LaGuardia airport in July are pointing out a growing friction between airlines,
the FAA and the NTSB over how information is released to the media and the public.
Airbus steadily clocks up A350 flight hours
Airbus has completed over 150h of flight testing with its A350 prototype, having resumed the
campaign in August following a short break.
UK airline passengers worry about pilot fatigue
Nearly 90 percent of the UK public would be concerned about flying with a pilot who had been awake
for an extended period of time, according to a survey conducted for the British Air Line Pilots
Association (BALPA).
Flight attendant admits to bomb threats
A flight attendant pleaded guilty Monday to making false bomb threats against several United Airlines
flights, causing flight delays and intensive searches of passengers, authorities said.
Ryanair warns on profit, blaming weak Europe and sterling
Ryanair, Europe’s biggest budget airline, could miss its annual profit target for the first time in a decade,
it said on Wednesday, blaming lower demand across the continent and a weaker currency in its largest
market, Britain.
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14POS09 – Aircraft as friction measuring device
Background: Industry research and scientific projects are currently assessing the feasibility of
determining runway friction coefficients through real-time transmission of braking efficiency data
from landing aircraft.
